Modernisation of 70s iconic Swizz office building into a highly sustainable building integrated with the surrounding park and Lake Zürich to become a new attraction for users and citizens in Zurich.
Project Name: Bellerivestrasse 36 Zürich
Studio Name: C.F. Møller Architects
Client: Allreal Generalunternehmung AG
Size: 20000 m²
Address: Zürich, Switzerland
Year of competition: 2019
Architect: C.F. Møller Architects
Landscape: C.F. Møller Architects
Collaborators:
Dr. Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG
IBG Graf AG Engineering
AFC Air Flow Consulting AG
Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG
Waldhauser + Hermann AG
BLM Haustechnik AG
The obsolete office building at Bellerivestrasse 36 from 1974 is transformed into a modern and sustainable building. The façade of the building is revived into an optimized, energy performing, light and transparent façade cladded with photovoltaic panels that protect the interior from direct sunlight at the same time.
The interior consisting of office and rental units are connected to a new atrium which creates synergy and knowledge sharing between the different departments. The central position of the atrium brings identity and a feel of belonging to the users of the building.
Existing stone roof terraces are converted into greener spaces and connected to the surrounding park to delay rainwater running from the roofs to the ground and create biodiversity for plants and microorganisms.
Entrances are all scaled down to bring the building to eye level with its users and passersby. This also breaks the wind and downdraughts creating more comfortable outdoor recreational zones.
Elegant colour palette
The horizontal photovoltaic panels on the facade are covered with colour treated glass to make them match the metal cladding on the supporting structure for the façade elements. This gives the building a new horizontal and light expression that fits elegantly in the existing park and gives the users and passers-by a clear view into the new office building.
Wood cladded lift cores, white ceilings and a stone floor on the ground floor and wooden floors above ground floor are envisaged to create an elegant colour palette inside the building. The result from the renovation is a Swiss Minergie-A sustainability certification.
C.F. Møller Architects
C.F. Møller Architects is one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural firms, with 90 years of award-winning work in the Nordic region and worldwide.
Every day we create architectural quality based on innovation, ex- perience and Nordic values. This assures sustainable and aesthetic solutions with lasting value for clients, occupants and society.
A UNIQUE DESIGN APPROACH
Our design solutions are methodically and holistically created fol- lowing a rigorous analysis of the local context. We look to set new global standards by fostering a design approach which uniquely integrates urban planning, landscape, architecture and design of specific building components.
We regard environmental concerns, resource-consciousness, healthy project finances, social responsibility and good craftsman- ship as essential elements of our work. This ethos is fundamental to all our projects, a thread which runs from masterplanning to detail design.
Since our founding in Denmark in 1924, we have contributed sig- nificantly to the development of welfare societies in Scandinavia and the rest of the world. We are continuously recognised and awarded internationally for setting new architectural standards, due to our strong focus on the functional, artistic and social value of architecture.
Today C.F. Møller has app. 300 employees. We have offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Aalborg, Oslo, Stockholm, Malmö, London and Berlin.
